Texas A&M's coaches have taken a couple of parting shots from their peers during the Aggies' farewell tour in the Big 12, and on Monday defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter shot back in response to Texas Tech coaches insinuating A&M defenders were faking injuries Saturday in Lubbock.

"I take offense to it," an angry DeRuyter said of the notion his players would feign injuries to slow an up-tempo offense like Tech's. "Because we absolutely, without question, never teach that, never coach that, never talk about that."

Following A&M's 45-40 victory, Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said of A&M's defensive injuries in the first half: "That was kind of interesting. They'd go down and come back the next play. But I guess that's football."

Said Texas Tech's offensive coordinator, Neal Brown: "It was kind of ironic how they would have these bad injuries and then they would be back two plays later."

Retorted DeRuyter: "If they want to use that as an excuse, that's up to them. Absolutely, there was no taking a dive - we had legitimate injuries. And it offends me as a coach that someone would impugn the way we coach by saying something like that."

The Tech statement read in part, "Many of you are aware of a tweet from a Texas A&M official that their team buses were spray painted and animal feces were spread inside of the buses early Saturday morning. The clear implication of the tweet was that this was the responsibility of Texas Tech fans or students."

According to a Tech investigation, "The buses were not spray painted. Instead, washable shoe polish was used on the windows of one of the buses. No feces were found either in or on the buses. Fish bait was dropped onto the floor of one of the buses. The alleged 'vandalism' was cleaned by the bus drivers and Holiday Inn staff before it was seen by the A&M official who tweeted the information."

Tweet called careless

The Tech statement concluded, "While incidents such as the ones alleged are inappropriate and strongly condemned by Texas Tech, it is no less wrong to condemn the entirety of our university, students and supporters by posting inaccurate information. …

"We are disturbed by the careless use of social media to share these inaccuracies."